About Gumgara Kalan Village

Gumgara Kalan is a mid sized village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 779 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumgara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumgara Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	668.77 hectares
Population	1,509
Male Population	779
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumgara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gumgara Kalan is the 24th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 668.77 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gumgara Kalan

Gumgara Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gumgara Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gumgara Kalan from other places

Gumgara Kalan lies about 45 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 36 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gumgara Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhanpur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	36 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	37 km
District headquarters	Surguja	45 km

Villages closest to Gumgara Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhanpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gumgara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumgara Kalan village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 24th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Gumgara Kalan village has 779 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumgara Kalan has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gumgara Kalan is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumgara Kalan covers 668.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gumgara Kalan falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumgara Kalan is Bishrampur, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Gumgara Kalan.

Gumgara Kalan is about 45 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumgara Kalan is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. Lakhanpur is about 23 km away. Bishrampur is about 36 km away. Surajpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.